Terborg is a small city in the
Dutch province of
Gelderland, in the Achterhoek region in the east of the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of
Oude IJsselstreek
Oude IJsselstreek () is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. It was established on 1 January 2005 through a merger of the former municipalities Gendringen and Wisch.
Geography and population centres
The municipality belongs to the transit ...
. The city lies about 7 km southeast of
Doetinchem. The population is about 4600 inhabitants.
Terborg is situated on the river the
Oude IJssel. In the centre of the little city lies Castle Wisch, founded in the 13th century (hence the name "Terborg" which means "by the castle"). In the southeast of the city, near
Silvolde
Silvolde (West Low German: ''Sillevolde'') is a village in the Achterhoek and is part of the municipality Oude IJsselstreek.
School
There are several schools in Silvolde, those are:
* de Plakkenberg (elementary school)
* de Drie Linden (elementar ...
lies a small nature reserve called the Paasberg ("Easter Mountain"). Terborg has a
train station on the train route
Arnhem -
Winterswijk, and trains call here twice every hour.
Terborg received city rights in 1419. The patron saint of the city is
Saint George. Its
coat of arms still is Saint George on a horse, killing a
dragon
A dragon is a reptilian legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as ...
.
Until 1813, Terborg was part of the
fiefdom Wisch, together with the villages Silvolde en
Varsseveld. Terborg was a separate municipality until 1818 when it was merged with Varsseveld into municipality
Wisch (equal to the ancient fiefdom). In 2005 it formed municipality Oude IJsselstreek with municipality
Gendringen.
In 1945, the town's ''Chasdei Enosh'' synagogue was blown up and destroyed by Nazis. An exact replica of the historic building opened on 7 June 2018 in
Mevo Horon Israel, inaugurated by Israeli descendants of Dutch Jews. The old synagogue, on the Silvoldeseweg, was built in 1901.
Gallery
File:2008-04-30 Terborg Hoofdstraat.JPG, Main street
Image:Wapen Terborg.jpg, Terborg's coat of arms
File:Exterieur aanzicht, uit collectie Heer van Leersum - Terborg - 20207418 - RCE.jpg, Synagogue Teborg, 1957
File:7061 Terborg, Netherlands - panoramio (7).jpg, Church of Terborg
References
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Populated places in Gelderland
Former municipalities of Gelderland
Oude IJsselstreek